The southern-most tip of the island was the first national park ever created. The range of mountain fauna and flora, as well as pristine beaches surrounded by rich marine life and corals is indeed a place worth a visit and protecting. In such places, one is reminded why this island is known as Formosa.
The destructive path of Typhoon Haitung the previous week had lodged mountains upon mountains of float wood and other rubbish on some of the beaches. Some of the sea in the area turned brown from the usual transparent blue. In the fiercest storm, the only bridge linking the peninsular leading into the national park was washed away. Locals and many tourists were stuck with limited water and food for days. Hotel room prices were slashed in half, and money from tourism by much more. Passing by the rubble and destruction, I tried to imagine that only days ago, a beautiful clear day like today seemed far far away.
In Kenting 墾丁, I visited the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium 國立海洋生物館. With the pictures, I hope you can see a bit of what I saw when I snorkeled on Green Island. The treasures of the sea, all its life, colours and mysteries!
Later in the day, my cousins and I braved giant waves, devoured countless amounts of salty sea water and played the afternoon away on the soft-sanded Nanwan beach.
Behind the tree-topped hills, two cone shaped cement blocks towered into the air, looking like grim tombstones stuck on the hillside...
Taiwan's No. 3 nuclear power plant.
Nature and man are never far from one another.
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